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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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